Yamaha Popular Song Contest
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Yamaha Popular Song Contest (ヤマハポピュラーソングコンテスト Yamaha Popyurā Songu Kontesuto?), generally known as Popcon (ポプコン Popukon?), was a Japanese popular music contest which ran from 1969 to 1986. It was sponsored by the Yamaha Music Foundation and was held annually (later, twice a year) at the Yamaha Resort Tsumagoi in Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan.
The grand prix winners were to be qualified for the World Popular Song Festival.
Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Notable participants
- 3 Winners
- 3.1 1st Composition Concours (1969)
- 3.2 2nd Composition Concours (1970)
- 3.3 3rd Composition Concours (1971)
- 3.4 4th Popcon (1972)
- 3.5 5th Popcon (1973)
- 3.6 6th Popcon (1973)
- 3.7 Popcon Grand Prix '73 (1973)
- 3.8 7th Popcon (1974)
- 3.9 8th Popcon (1974)
- 3.10 9th Popcon (1975)
- 3.11 10th Popcon (1975)
- 3.12 11th Popcon (1976)
- 3.13 12th Popcon (1976)
- 3.14 13th Popcon (1977)
- 3.15 14th Popcon (1977)
- 3.16 15th Popcon (1978)
- 3.17 16th Popcon (1978)
- 3.18 17th Popcon (1979)
- 3.19 18th Popcon (1979)
- 3.20 19th Popcon (1980)
- 3.21 20th Popcon (1980)
- 3.22 21st Popcon (1981)
- 3.23 22nd Popcon (1981)
- 3.24 23rd Popcon (1982)
- 3.25 24th Popcon (1982)
- 3.26 25th Popcon (1983)
- 3.27 26th Popcon (1983)
- 3.28 27th Popcon (1984)
- 3.29 28th Popcon (1984)
- 3.30 29th Popcon (1985)
- 3.31 30th Popcon (1985)
- 3.32 31st Popcon (1986)
- 3.33 32nd Popcon (1986)
- 4 See also
- 5 References
- 6 External links
History
- 1969: The first competition, as the '69 Composition Concours ('69作曲コンクール '69 Sakkyoku Konkūru?), took place at the Yamaha Resort Nemu no Sato (ヤマハリゾート合歓の郷 Yamaha Rizōto Nemu no Sato?) in Shima, Mie, Japan.
- 1972: The contest was renamed Popular Song Contest (ポピュラーソングコンテスト Popyurā Songu Kontesuto?).
- 1973: From this year, the event was held twice a year.
- May 1974: The contest venue was changed to the Yamaha Resort Tsumagoi (ヤマハリゾートつま恋?) from this year.
- May 1984: Due to a gas explosion in Tsumagoi the previous year, the Nakano Sun Plaza temporarily hosted the event.
- September 1986: The 32nd competition was held as the final Popcon event.
- 1987: Teens Music Festival (ティーンズミュージックフェスティバル Tīnzu Myūjikku Fesutibaru?) replaced the Popcon.
Notable participants
The following professional singers have won in some division of awards.
- Junko Yagami (1974)
- Miyuki Nakajima (1975)
- Motoharu Sano (1978)
- Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi (1978)
- Chage and Aska (1979)
- Crystal King (1979)
- Aming (1982)
- Tom Cat (1983)
- Akino Arai (1984)
Winners
1st Composition Concours (1969)
At the Nemu no Sato Yamaha Music Hall, on November 23, 1969.
- Grand Prix
2nd Composition Concours (1970)
At the Nemu no Sato Indoor Hall, on November 5, 1970[2]
- Grand Prix
3rd Composition Concours (1971)
At the Nemu no Sato Outdoor Hall, on October 9, 1971[3]
- Grand Prix
4th Popcon (1972)
At the Nemu no Sato Outdoor Hall, on October 8, 1972[4]
- Grand Prix
- Awards
5th Popcon (1973)
At the Nemu no Sato Outdoor Hall, on May 20, 1973[5]
6th Popcon (1973)
At the Nemu no Sato Outdoor Hall, on October 13, 1973[6]
- Awards
Popcon Grand Prix '73 (1973)
At the Nemu no Sato Outdoor Hall, on October 14, 1973[7]
- Grand Prix
- Kouichi Ise and Manji
- Akiko Kosaka
7th Popcon (1974)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 5, 1974[8]
- Grand Prix
- Top Prizes
8th Popcon (1974)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 13, 1974[9]
- Chewing Gum
9th Popcon (1975)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 18, 1975[10]
- Grand Prix
- Shichifukujin
- Best Song Award
- Awards
10th Popcon (1975)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 12, 1975[11]
- Grand Prix
- Best Song Award
11th Popcon (1976)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 16, 1976[12]
- Grand Prix
- Best Son Award
12th Popcon (1976)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 3, 1976[13]
- Grand Prix
- White House II
13th Popcon (1977)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 8, 1977[14]
14th Popcon (1977)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 2, 1977[15]
- Grand Prix
15th Popcon (1978)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 7, 1978[16]
- Grand Prix
- U・U
- Best Song Award
- Award
16th Popcon (1978)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 1, 1978[17]
- Grand Prix
- Best Song Award
- Highest Award
- Awards
17th Popcon (1979)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 6, 1979[18]
- Best Song Award
- Awards
- Chage and Aska
- C. W. Nicol and his friends
- Chizuru Matsunaga (Try-Tone)
18th Popcon (1979)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 7, 1979[19]
- Grand Prix
- Best Song Awards
- Hironori Kaneko
- Gypsy and Arere no Re (the current Stardust Revue)
19th Popcon (1980)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 11, 1980[20]
- Grand Prix
- Tomoya Itami & Side by Side (Tomoya Itami and Tomoji Sogawa)
- Awards
- Haruhi Aiso
- Kiyotaka Sugiyama & Omega Drive
20th Popcon (1980)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 5, 1980[21]
21st Popcon (1981)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 10, 1981[22]
- Grand Prix
- Toshihiro Itoh
22nd Popcon (1981)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 4, 1981[23]
- Grand Prix
- Aladdin
- Award
- Kawakami Prize
23rd Popcon (1982)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 16, 1982[24]
- Grand Prix
- Best Song Award
- Asqua
24th Popcon (1982)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 3, 1982[25]
25th Popcon (1983)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 15, 1983[26]
26th Popcon (1983)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 2, 1983[27]
- Grand Prix
27th Popcon (1984)
At the Nakano Sun Plaza, on May 13, 1984[28]
28th Popcon (1984)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 7, 1984[29]
- Grand Prix
- Best Song Award
- Sway
- Award
29th Popcon (1985)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 12, 1985[30]
30th Popcon (1985)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on October 6, 1985[31]
- Grand Prix
- Kazuyuki Ozaki & Coastal City
- Best Song Award
- Rika
31st Popcon (1986)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on May 11, 1986[32]
- Award
- Jinnouchi Taizō
32nd Popcon (1986)
At the Tsumagoi Exhibition Hall, on September 29, 1986[33]
See also
References
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External links
- Popcon history (Japanese)
- Articles containing Japanese-language text
- All articles with links needing disambiguation
- Articles with links needing disambiguation from April 2014
- Articles with Japanese-language external links
- Music festivals in Japan
- Song contests
- Recurring events established in 1969
- Recurring events disestablished in 1986